This Sunday the eighteenth round of the season is held, the 2022 Japanese GP of F1 that can be decisive, and beyond Max Verstappen’s pole position, see how the rest of the drivers come out and how the grid is formed for the race from Suzuka .
F1 Japanese GP 2022 starting grid: rows and positions for the race
(Updated following AlphaTauri’s decision to change the settings on Pierre Gasly’s car, probably for rain, leading him to start from the pitlane)
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Max Verstappen 
Charles Leclerc 
Carlos Sainz
Sergio Perez
Esteban Ocon 
Lewis Hamilton 
Sebastian Vettel 
Daniel Ricciardo
Valtteri Bottas
Guanyu Zhou
Yuki Tsunoda
Alexander Albon
Kevin Magnussen 
Lance Stroll 
- Nicholas Latifi drags five penalty places for his contact with Guanyu Zhou in the last Singapore GP
- Pierre Gasly, from the pitlane after AlphaTauri skipped parc fermé conditions to make changes to his car
As you can see, after the reprimand Verstappen received for his incident with Norris, there are no penalties that send any of the favorites to the back positions, so the grid for the Japanese race does not have any big surprises. Verstappen will start from pole ready to be crowned 2022 champion already this Sunday at Suzuka.
The one who did have a sanction from the previous race was Nicholas Latifi, who already had five places on the grid. Still, he was last in qualifying on Saturday, so no other driver is favored by that punishment.
The starting grid of the Japanese GP 2022 of F1 according to results in classification
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| 1 |  Max Verstappen |
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1’29.304 | |
| 2 |  Charles Leclerc |
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1’29.314 | 0.010 |
| 3 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. |
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1’29,361 | 0.057 |
| 4 |  Sergio Perez |
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1’29,709 | 0.405 |
| 5 |  Esteban Ocon |
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1’30.165 | 0.861 |
| 6 |  Lewis Hamilton |
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1’30.261 | 0.957 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso |
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1’30.322 | 1.018 |
| 8 | George Russell |
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1’30.389 | 1.085 |
| 9 |  Sebastian Vettel |
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1’30.554 | 1.250 |
| 10 | Lando Norris |
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1’31.003 | 1.699 |
| 11 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
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1’30.659 | 1.355 |
| 12 |  Valtteri Bottas |
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1’30.709 | 1.405 |
| 13 |  Yuki Tsunoda |
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1’30.808 | 1.504 |
| 14 |  Guanyu Zhou |
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1’30.953 | 1.649 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher |
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1’31.439 | 2.135 |
| 16 |  Alexander Albon |
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1’31.311 | 2.007 |
| 17 | Pierre Gasly |
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1’31.322 | 2,018 |
| 18 |  Kevin Magnussen |
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1’31.352 | 2.048 |
| 19 |  Lance Stroll |
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1’31.419 | 2.115 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi |
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1’31.511 | 2.207 |
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